Benefits Quotes - Page 21

...foreign policy is a matter of costs and benefits, not theology.

The fate of the soil system depends on society's willingness to intervene in the market place, and to forego some of the short-term benefits that accrue from 'mining' the soil so that soil quality and fertility can be maintained over the longer term.

The only ones who can really benefit by consulting the model are those who can produce their effect without a model.

If you believe that something is good, and you do it, it benefits you. If you believe that something is bad, and you do it, it is a very detrimental experience.

I think the free market model of commercial trade openness - this model has undoubtedly shown enormous benefits for nations, for those of us that follow this model, of course.

This is one of the benefits, as well as one of the difficulties of directing a member of your family. You know where the buttons are. You can push them if you want.

All the food that is put into the stomach that the system cannot derive benefit from, is a burden to nature in her work.

The introduction of Christianity, which, under whatever form, always confers such inestimable benefits on mankind, soon made a sensible change in these rude and fierce manners.

There's a real danger in doing a sequel. There are some benefits, but that all hinges on how well you execute. Quite frankly, most sequels don't execute well

For many people, the reluctance to embrace Christianity is as practical as it is intellectual. They want to know what the benefits of Christianity are, or what's in it for them.

Because I don't take money, I'll go anywhere and do a benefit concert with almost any orchestra.

I think that mathematics can benefit by acknowledging that the creation of good models is just as important as proving deep theorems.

I had never done any theater in high school, which actually worked to my benefit. I didn't develop any bad habits.

The chief benefit, which results from philosophy, arises in an indirect manner, and proceeds more from its secret, insensible influence, than from its immediate application.

The people that I associate myself with are people that are looking to make a good product because it's going to benefit them and it's going to help launch their careers.

Even if one doesn't smoke pot, one has to see the benefits of decriminalizing it.

The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive.

Whether or not we follow any particular spiritual tradition, the benefits of love and kindness are obvious to anyone.

We can benefit others through our actions by being warm and generous toward them, by being charitable, and by helping those in need.

The contemporary American novelist benefits in a way from being ignored. It makes you angrier and makes you want to go into all of those places where you shouldnt.

Improved productivity is another direct benefit of globalization.

There is something about the medium [in comics] that allows for a simulation of actual experience with the added benefit of actually reading. You're reading pictures, but you are also looking at them. It's a sort of combined activity that I can't really think of any other medium having, other than, say, a foreign film when you are reading and seeing. It allows for all sorts of associations that might not come up with just words or just pictures.

We have so many people retiring that we do not have enough people paying into the system to be able to provide the benefits for those collecting those benefits.

The delightful study of the Psalms has yielded me boundless profit and ever-growing pleasure; common gratitude constrains me to communicate to others a portion of the benefit, with the prayer that it may induce them to search further for themselves.

Pity is not enough better than indifference to benefit materially either agent or recipient.